{"product_id":"book-ax7v","title":"Tipperary","description":"\u003cb\u003e“My wooing began in passion, was defined by violence and circumscribed by land; all  these elements molded my soul.” So writes Charles O’Brien, the unforgettable hero  of bestselling author Frank Delaney’s extraordinary novel—a sweeping epic of  obsession, profound devotion, and compelling history involving a turbulent era that  would shape modern Ireland. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born into a respected Irish-Anglo family in 1860, Charles  loves his native land and its long-suffering but irrepressible people. As a healer,  he travels the countryside dispensing traditional cures while soaking up stories  and legends of bygone times–and witnessing the painful, often violent birth of land-reform  measures destined to lead to Irish independence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the age of forty, summoned to  Paris to treat his dying countryman–the infamous Oscar Wilde–Charles experiences  the fateful moment of his life. In a chance encounter with a beautiful and determined  young Englishwoman, eighteen-year-old April Burke, he is instantly and passionately  smitten–but callously rejected. Vowing to improve himself, Charles returns to Ireland,  where he undertakes the preservation of the great and abandoned estate of Tipperary,  in whose shadow he has lived his whole life–and which, he discovers, may belong to  April and her father. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Charles pursues his obsession, he writes the “History”  of his own life and country. While doing so, he meets the great figures of the day,  including Charles Parnell, William Butler Yeats, and George Bernard Shaw. And he  also falls victim to less well-known characters–who prove far more dangerous. \u003ci\u003eTipperary\u003c\/i\u003e also features a second “historian:” a present-day commentator, a retired and obscure  history teacher who suddenly discovers that he has much at stake in the telling of  Charles’s story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this gloriously absorbing and utterly satisfying novel, a man’ s passion for the woman he loves is twinned with his country’s emergence as a nation.  With storytelling as sweeping and dramatic as the land itself, myth, fact, and fiction  are all woven together with the power of the great nineteenth-century novelists.  \u003ci\u003eTipperary \u003c\/i\u003eonce again proves Frank Delaney’s unrivaled mastery at bringing Irish history  to life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTipperary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The narrative moves swiftly and  surely. . . . A sort of Irish \u003ci\u003eGone With the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, marked by sly humor, historical awareness  and plenty of staying power.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Another meticulously researched  journey…Delaney’s careful scholarship and compelling storytelling bring it uniquely  alive. Highly recommended.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred)\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49340855648560,"sku":"BDax7v","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/265206-ax7v-Square.jpg?v=1734049188","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ax7v","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}